Role: Data Architect with Data Governance/Unity Catalog/Lineage/Retail Domain

Duration: Long Term Contract

Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid- 3 Days

Key Responsibilities

- Data Architecture & Analysis
- Analyze end-to-end data flows across batch and API integrations.
- Develop current-state and target-state architecture diagrams.
- Perform data lineage, impact analysis, and dependency assessments.
- Identify data exposure risks across enterprise platforms.
- Document integration patterns and data movement across systems.
- Support architecture reviews and solution approvals.
- Data Governance & Controls
- Perform PII and sensitive data assessments.
- Define data classification, retention, and handling requirements.
- Design data minimization and data protection strategies.
- Support enterprise data governance initiatives.
- Define data ownership and stewardship models.
- Data Security & Privacy
- Design data protection controls including:
- Encryption
- Tokenization
- Data Masking
- Hashing
- Secure Logging
- Support RBAC and ABAC design.
- Review access models, service accounts, and privileged access requirements.
- Support security and privacy compliance initiatives.
- Integration & Platform Architecture
- Assess batch, API, messaging, and data lake architectures.
- Design secure data movement and interface patterns.
- Support modernization of customer and loyalty data integrations.




- Work closely with platform teams to implement approved architecture solutions.
- Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with Business, Security, Data Governance, Platform, and Engineering teams.
- Facilitate architecture workshops and design sessions.
- Prepare executive and architecture review documentation.
- Support program planning, risk management, and roadmap development.

Qualifications and Skills

Required Skills:

- Data Architecture & Solution Design
- Data Modeling (Conceptual, Logical, Physical)
- Data Lineage & Impact Analysis
- Integration Architecture
- Enterprise Data Management
- API & Batch Processing Architecture
- Data Governance
- PII Classification & Data Privacy
- Data Governance Frameworks
- Metadata Management
- Data Quality & Data Stewardship
- Data Retention & Archival Strategies
- Data Security
- Encryption (Data at Rest & In Transit)
- Tokenization & Data Masking
- RBAC & ABAC
- Access Governance
- Secure Logging & Monitoring
- Key Management Concepts
- Platforms & Technologies

Preferred Experience:

- Retail, Loyalty, Financial Services, Banking, or Customer Data domains.
- Experience with customer identity and master data management.
- Experience in data remediation, data governance, or security transformation initiatives.
- Experience working with cross-functional architecture and engineering teams.

📌 Data Architect with Data Governance/Unity Catalog/Lineage (Toronto)
🏢 ZORTech Solutions
📍 Toronto